Chapter 7

The last of the four Naruto's flew deep in to the sewerage system of Gotham and he understood that it was Killer Croc before even seeing him.

In the deepest parts, he had safe area when he needed to lay low. He was large man that looked like a humanoid crocodile.

He wore blue jeans and a blue jacket. Sitting on a sofa, he was listening to music lost in his thoughts about life.

Naruto didn't have to even feel hesitation about this one, since Killer Croc was a notorious monster that had large amount of blood on his hand.

Naruto came in like a storm and Killer Croc found himself pushed against the walls. He couldn't move at all as the large metallic hand pushed his face against the wall.

Seals crawled on his skin, spreading from the face and he tried to struggle but the strength difference was huge.

"Stop struggling scum, you will listen and you will serve." Naruto muttered and his voice was filled with power, sound genjutsu that helped his reading of the memories.

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Killer Croc, born Waylon Jones, was a criminal and nemesis of Batman. He was born with an extreme form of the medical condition Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis, which caused his appearance to develop progressively into that of a crocodile, hence his name.

His mother died in childbirth, and his father abandoned him. Waylon was raised by his abusive aunt; her persistent alcoholism prevented him from growing up in a suitable environment. As a teenager, Waylon had no friends, and was the object of ridicule of those who knew him. Jones was a regular visitor to the juvenile detention center and was finally tried and convicted as an adult when he was sixteen.

He murdered a fellow prisoner who mocked his appearance but nonetheless was out on parole "after eighteen years behind bars. Out of prison, he found a job in a carnival sideshow ... wrestling alligators". "I broke their backs with my bare hands," Jones later recalled. "Then I got smart. I had the strength, I had the hate -- why shouldn't I USE it to get what I wanted? 'Killer Croc' -- that's what they called me. But some day, SOME DAY, I knew they'd call me KING!" It was at this point that Waylon began referring to himself as Killer Croc. Even then, his strength level was greatly beyond that of a normal human. Croc realized that there was more money to be made in crime, so he set out to become Gotham's most powerful underground figure.

Croc got in to a lot of crime. He tried to lead his personal gang and even worked with others. He had been in the business for a long time and had his ups and downs.

In the underworld, people feared and respected him. He was one of the biggest figures from Gotham. He had come very close to killing the bat many times and was directly responsible for Jason Todd's parent's dying.

He had fed them to the crocodiles and watched them die with the others criminals when the couple had tried acting like detectives.

The young man suffered such tragedy and became Batman's new Robin, but even that didn't last as he was killed by Joker after getting tortured for six months.

To make it worse, he had held on to the belief that Batman was looking for him but Joker even broke that as he had shown him the picture of Batman with the new Robin.

Joker didn't just kill him, as he broke him and killed the husk called Jason.

Recently, Croc had been involved with Medusa. It was a gang filled with monsters like him and it had saved him from the Suicide Squad life.

But, things crashed like always and he had to hide again. The life of crime was very profitable since Croc was rich but it was not easy and it didn't allow much freedom.

There were too many heroes and the government had too much power. They were just lucky that the government somehow didn't want them dead.

He gathered it was so that the heroes had something to do and not think about the government. The heroes and villains cancelled out each other while the government played around in the background.

It was fine with Croc since he got to live while the Heroes in his eyes were too dumb not to notice such obvious tactics.

He was a classic evil bastard with no redeeming qualities. He didn't regret his actions. He didn't feel guilty for any deaths he had caused.

There were rare times when he became friends with the normal people and helped out but even that didn't bring out any heart in the cold monster.

His life from the start had been a downward spiral into becoming a monster and he embraced it. Killer Croc was his name and King Croc was his dream.

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"What do you want? Who are you?" Croc asked with anger in his voice. He hated it when people treated him like a worm. He felt his rage rising but there was no outlet, as he couldn't move at all.

"Waylon Jones, you are a bonafide scum. I am your Lord. I am your Emperor, Emperor of Mankind. You get to live because it is my rule to give second chances or you will be dead now.

You obviously deserve worse than a swift death. But, you will get to serve me and repay your debts to this world. You will labor for all your sins or I will crush you like a bug." Naruto answered in a cold tone as his crushed Croc's hand, causing him to scream in pain.

Naruto's tone changed according to the person. Among the people he came across, Croc was one of the worst.

Though, all of them except Man Bat were trash that should be discarded.

The others at least had some normal dreams. Killer Croc's dream was being a criminal lord.

Hearing his voice, Croc felt fear. His instincts switched from fight to fright. He wasn't facing some nice guy like Batman. He was facing a monster. He couldn't see his real features but the red eyes and the blood lust ate him up.

His body started shaking from fear.

"I will serve." Croc replied, he didn't want to die. He had dreams and life ahead of him. Serving someone else wasn't new, as he had been doing it all the time recently.

He didn't care what the monster made him do. He just needed to survive until someone took care of him. He was definitely getting attacked by the villains and the heroes.

Naruto could easily guess his thoughts even before reading them.

"You are going to serve and you will like it. I hate what you have done and I want you to genuinely change for the better.

I will not let you go until I believe that you have changed.

Nonetheless, you are one of my chosen now. It means that you will be rewarded and become a legend in the world.

You will have all the wealth and freedom you desire. You dream of being a crime lord. Is that good enough?

It is nothing special. Standing under me will mean that the world will know you.

They will love you. You don't have to worry about your appearance, as I will make you normal looking. Nobody will make fun of you anymore. No one will call you disgusting anymore." Naruto started the process of catching his interest. He knew the man completely after reading him.

He disliked his appearance. He wanted to live a life where he is loved and a life of luxury. He thought crime was the easiest for the money and he didn't have other talents for that kind of goal.

Croc turned around as Naruto let him go and took in Naruto's appearance. It was definitely powerful and menacing.

Though, he was distracted by his words at the moment.

"Can you really?" Croc asked, even now he had a complex about his appearance and got nasty when people commented on it.

"Of course, are you interested?"

"Will it take away my powers?"

"No, I have no use for normal humans. You will keep all your power and I will even improve it." Naruto replied in a calm tone.

He liked it when things went according to plan. It was a nice feeling having everyone play to your tune.

Croc was surprised as he never thought Naruto would actually make him stronger. He didn't like being used but this was the best deal he had ever gotten.

He didn't really have a choice, so he decided to see where this new adventure took him.

"I want it."

Naruto smiled as he placed his hand on Croc and transformed his appearance to a handsome man with black hair and green eyes. He was still tall and buff, but now he looked real good on the eyes.

Croc saw his new appearance in the mirror that Naruto held out. He couldn't believe that it was his appearance.

He looked like a model.

He would have been fine with a normal look but this was so much better and he still felt all his powers.

"You can transform back and forth. This will be your public image while Killer Croc will be the masked vigilante from now on."

Croc nodded and started thinking of a new name to use. He had no reason to use his old name.

Alexander Summers seemed like a good name.

Croc thought before Naruto's hand covered his head. He didn't put any resistance and thought it was time for the power up.

The power up did happen as Naruto gave him the power and even connected him to water, so he developed some water abilities.

That was good and all, but then he experienced pain.

Mental and emotional pain as Naruto gave him the first dose of medicine to cure his problem.

Croc had always hated how people bullied him and beat him for his appearance, his mother dying and everything else.

Naruto showed him things from the victim perspective and their emotions while making his mind compare them with his feelings.

He never did a comparison and he didn't have a reason to. But now his mind was forced in to it and it caused him a lot of mental distress.

He really shouldn't have let his guard down after the gift, was his thought.

Once Naruto was done with him, Croc needed some time to take in the changes and he sat down on the sofa.

He had a focus now and he felt slightly guilty for everything he had done. It was not much but it was a start.

Naruto had confidence that they would change since they were going to follow him. These people not changing after that would reflect badly on him and he could never allow such a thing.

People not changing when he didn't keep them around wasn't impossible and had happened, they blew up before they could act evil.

His judgment seal took care of that problem very well as it reacted to the evil thoughts. It was made with the usage of his expertise in the Yamanaka mind powers.